Kate Turner, FIA Foundation Streets for life, the theme of this year’s UN Road Safety Week, focuses on policy advocacy for low-speed streets. Why ‘Streets for Life’? Because for children and youth across the world, 30km/h streets can be a literal life-saver. And they can also be the key that opens up our urban space […]
In March 2019, AIP Foundation organized and pioneered the first Round the World Roundtable. The roundtable demonstrated a national commitment from the Government of Vietnam for child helmet safety. It covered four areas: To increase helmet wearing rates among children in Vietnam to over 80% by 2030 To enforce helmet safety standards compliance and ban all […]
Alliance member Les Ambassadeurs de la Securite Routiere (ASR), Tunisia, has worked since 2013 to raise awareness and fight against road insecurity, as well as educate children and young people about road safety to ensure a safer future for all. The organization has used the #CommitToAct campaign, in preparation for the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference […]
Persistence is important when we #SpeakUp. Meaningful change does not happen overnight and persistence is needed. In the Philippines, it has been a long journey to implement and enforce the “Children’s Safety on Motorcycles Act of 2015,” which prevents a child from travelling on a two-wheeler motorcycle unless the child can reach the foot peg, […]
The Belarusian Auto Moto Touring Club (BKA) used WDoR to demonstrate to schoolchildren that road traffic crashes are avoidable provided that simple road safety rules are observed. In a school in Minsk, together with a representative of the road traffic police, BKA gave the children an overview of the history and mission of WDoR and the police […]
80% of motorcyclists traveling with children on their motorcycles do not consider them to be at risk. This was a key finding of a new study from Alliance member Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez conducted in 43 cities in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. In this region, road crashes are the primary […]
During UN Global Road Safety Week, residents of Neuquén, Argentina, are being greeted by 4.5 by 2.25 meter posters at the main arteries of the city reminding them to slow down. To make sure that the message is heard, Alliance member Bien Argentino have just completed three days of campaigning around the streets of the city. Bien […]
On 13 September 2016, in Accra, Ghana, Zoleka Mandela, Amend, and the FIA Foundation released a report “Step Change: An Action Agenda on Safe Walking for Africa’s Children”. The report details that three quarters of children in sub-Saharan Africa walk to and from school, yet their needs are neglected, with inadequate footpaths or safe crossings […]
Alliance Member Little Blue Dinosaur, from Australia, recently launched a new online program, ‘Out and About with Sophie and Tom – Safe Holiday Adventures’. The program is designed to teach children about road safety skills that they can use during school holidays in different destinations around the country. Navigating different types of roadway conditions in Australia for the […]
Ugandan children believe that road crashes are unavoidable and caused by “Satan.” These are findings from a study Uganda Red Cross Mbarara have done to understand the current state of road safety education in primary schools in Uganda. While the government of Uganda mandates road safety education in primary school curriculum, only some of the […]
Asociación Madres del Dolor, a member of the Alliance in Argentina, launched the Red Flag Project, an initiative that aims to teach the basics of road safety to children with certain physical handicaps, during the celebration of Third UN Global Road Safety Week in May 2015. Together with physically handicapped children from different schools, […]
Five-hundred children are killed on our roads every day, and the Alliance wanted to draw attention to the urgent need to better protect children and generate action on the measures needed to do so. For the Third United Nations Global Road Safety Week from 04-10 May 2015, we identified and mobilized ten Alliance member NGOs from […]
Thailand has the 2nd deadliest roads in the world. Traffic collisions kill more than 7 children every day. Unfortunately, only 7% of children in Thailand wear helmets when riding on motorcycles. In response, AIP Foundation and Save the Children have launched a nationwide campaign, The 7% Project, to decrease motorcycle death and injury among […]
UN Global Road Safety Week is taking place from 4-10 May 2015, and the theme is ‘Children and Road Safety’. The main global campaign is ‘#SaveKidsLives’. You can help by organising an activity where children take the role of road safety reporters. In their articles or short programmes, children can share their thoughts on the […]
The “Model School Zone” project was developed by Safe Kids Worldwide in order to create safer walking environments for children around schools. As implementer for Safe Kids Vietnam, AIP Foundation piloted “Model School Zone” with the support of FedEx during the 2012– 2013 school year. By modifying the environment of a primary school and sharing […]
The Malaysian government recently made an announcement to lower speed limits from 40 km/h to 30 km/h and introduce traffic calming measures in school zones to enhance the safety of schoolchildren. The announcement, made by Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, marks a significant step forward in protecting children who are amongst the most vulnerable […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome two new members who joined recently. Associate members Alliance For Science, Ethiopia is dedicated to bridging the communication gap between scientists and the public in Ethiopia. Legally registered under Ethiopian law, the organization promotes science advocacy and communication across various fields, including health, environment, education, and space science. The organization […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome six new members who joined recently. Full member 20’s Plenty for Us, UK is a not-for-profit organization established in 2007 and now operating as 20’s Plenty for Us CIC. The organization advocates for a 20mph speed limit on streets where people and motor vehicles coexist, aiming to enhance the quality […]
Our 2024 #CommitToAct campaign highlights unsafe journeys and demands safer conditions. Using Mobility Snapshots, road safety activists assess intersections from a pedestrian perspective, demonstrating the need for life-saving interventions. So far, the snapshots from our members have revealed critical concerns and deficiencies in road infrastructure that should protect pedestrians. They have highlighted that frequently used […]
The Alliance is excited to welcome five new members who joined recently. Full members Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), Switzerland is the governing body of motorcycle sport and the global advocate for motorcycling. In order to more easily promote motorcycling, the FIM has spent many decades of its 120 years working to make motorcycling safer and […]
